25 May, 2017
Manchester police would not comment on information-sharing, but said at a news conference that the families of attack victims were distressed by leaks.
A Twitter account dedicated to providing updates on the singer claims the American-native has reached out to the families of the 22 people who lost their lives in the suicide bombing following her concert at Manchester Arena.
A third brother, Ismail, was arrested in Britain on Tuesday.
The senior Abedi denied that his son Salman had links to militants, telling the AP in an interview "we don't believe in killing innocents" before being taken into custody in Libya, along with another son, Hashim. "This is not us".
Police are also investigating whether ISIL recruiters are operating in Manchester.
One of the men was detained following searches of an address in the Withington area of the city, while another was arrested in a part of Greater Manchester that was not disclosed.
Sky News, citing German intelligence, reported this morning that Salman Abedi was in Dusseldorf, Germany four days before the attack.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is expected to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group, one of Trump's key demands, diplomatic sources in Brussels said.
Rada said Hisham "was aware of all the details" of his brother Salman's plan to attack the Manchester Arena, and said he was suspected of having links with ISIL.
Abedi, who was reportedly born in the U.K.to Libyan parents, is believed to have traveled to Libya recently, according to multiple media outlets that cite USA officials with knowledge of the investigation.
The BBC said later Interior Minister Amber Rudd was now confident the leaks, which she had described as irritating, would now stop.
The minister said that as many as 3,800 troops could be deployed to patrol streets across the United Kingdom and guard vital locations, such as Buckingham Palace and the prime minister's residence at Downing Street. Just under 1,000 soldiers have already been deployed, initially in London, then elsewhere.
Crowds gathered at well-known sites including London's Parliament and Trafalgar Squares and Manchester's Albert Square.
Muye Li, a 23-year-old student who lives on the same floor, said he thought officers were looking for a woman because they "asked me if I had seen the lady next door".
"Still can't process this": Delta Goodrem has paid tribute to the victims of Monday night's terror attack at Manchester Arena.
Eight men have now been detained in connection with Monday's attack.
Hopkins confirmed that a serving police officer had also died. Other victims who've been identified range from teenagers to a Polish couple, Angelika and Marcin Klis, who came to the venue to pick up their daughters. Rouse said many of those hospitalized had serious wounds that would require "very long term care and support in terms of their recovery". "These are highly traumatic injuries".
